District Disaster Management Plan Balaghat For School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal Prepared by: Swapnil Jangale MBA (IIT Kanpur) In consultation with SEEDS Technical Services District Disaster Management Plan Balaghat Acknowledgment I express my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Bhopal, for giving the opportunity to take this unique experience of developing the District Disaster Management Plan for the district of Jhabua. I would also like to thank the administrative department of Balaghat– Mr. Vivek Porwal(Collector), Mr V. Kiran Gopal (CEO JIla Panchayat), Mr. M.S. Maravi (District Commandant Home Guard) for his support. I would also thank all the line departments for cooperating and providing me with necessary data. I would also like to give by thanks to Dr. Rizvi (Director-SGPA), Mr. Gaurav Khare (Project Officer-SGPA) and other staff members of School of Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Bhopal for their valuable suggestion and help during each and every moment of this study I would also thank SEEDS Technical Team – Mr Amit Tuteja and Mr Sunish Jose for providing me with all possible resources, guidance and support during the course of my study. Finally I would thank all those who worked for me directly or indirectly and which has left an everlasting memory in my mind. 2 District Disaster Management Plan Balaghat Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENT.................................................................................................................................... 2 STRUCTURE OF DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN (DDMP) ...................................... 11 A . GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................... 11 A 1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 11 A 1.1 District Profile ................................................................................................................................................. 11 A 1.1.1 Location and administrative divisions ............................................................................................................ 11 A 1.1.2 Geography and Topography ........................................................................................................................... 13 A 1.1.3 Demographic and socio economics ................................................................................................................. 14 A 1.1.4 Climate and weather ...................................................................................................................................... 15 A 1.1.5 Health (Medical) ............................................................................................................................................. 17 A 1.1.6 Education ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Block 1 Balaghat ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Block 2: Kirnapur ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Block 3: Varasivni ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Block 4: Lalbarra ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Block 5: Khairlanji....................................................................................................................................................... 22 Block 6: Katangi .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Block 7: Lanji .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 Block 8: Paraswada .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Block 9: Baiher ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 Block 10: Birsa ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 3 District Disaster Management Plan Balaghat A 1.1.7 AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE ................................................................................................ 25 A 1.1.8 Housing Pattern: ......................................................................................................................................... 28 A 1.1.9 Industrial set ups ........................................................................................................................................ 29 A 1.1.10 Transport and communication network ................................................................................................ 35 A 1.1.11 Power stations and electricity installations ........................................................................................... 36 A 1.1.12 Major historical, religious places, tourist spots ..................................................................................... 37 A 1.2 SCOPE AND OWNERSHIP OF DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN ............... 39 A 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN............................................................................................................ 40 A 1.3 KEY OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................................... 41 A 1.4 DISTRICT PLAN APPROACH .................................................................................................... 42 A 2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................... 43 A 2.1 DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (DDMA) ............................................. 43 A 2.2 DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE/ ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DDMC/ DDMAC) ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 A 2.3 DISTRICT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (DEOC) / DISTRICT CONTROL ROOM (DCR) .............................................................................................................................................................. 46 A 2.4 DISTRICT DISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .................................. 46 A 2.5 BLOCK LEVEL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ................................................. 47 A 2.6 GRAM PANCHAYAT DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ...................................... 48 B. HAZARD, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND RISK PROFILING (HVRC) .......................... 48 B 1. HAZARD ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................. 49 4 District Disaster Management Plan Balaghat Table B.1.1 History of past disasters ........................................................................................................................... 49 C Naxalism ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 Table B.1.2 Major applicable hazards ......................................................................................................................... 53 Table B.1.3 Seasonality of hazards ............................................................................................................................. 55 B 2 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 56 B 3. CAPACITY ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................... 59 B 4.2 Risk profiling of the district ............................................................................................................................... 64 C . DISTRICT LEVEL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLANNING .................................................. 66 C 1 DISTRICT ACTION PLANS ........................................................................................................... 66 C 1.1 Mitigation Plan ............................................................................................................................................. 66 C 1.1.1 Scope of Integrating Risk Reduction in Development Schemes .................................................................. 67 C 1.1.2 Training & Capacity Building ...................................................................................................................... 69 C 1.1.3 Community Initiatives ............................................................................................................................... 70 C 1.1.4